Category: Links

September 2025 Links

Polaroid Versus Fujifilm – How a Court Case Could Change Instant Photography Forever — Seems like a repeat of Polaroid vs Kodak. Just because of the square shape… From Emulsive, How-to: Make DIY your own black and white transparencies (slides) — Apparently Ilford has an official process with Ilford FP4 Plus, and this article revise… Continue reading September 2025 Links

August 2025 links

Insider: Fujifilm X-T5 Disassembly and Teardown — Don’t try this at home. IRRecams do modify cameras for IR photography, and this is them looking at the X-T5. But useful if you need a guide to repair.

Kolari Canon EOS R50V Teardown and Disassembly — Another teardown by IR conversion specialists. This time the EOS R 50V.

DPReview Fujifilm X-E5 in-depth review.

Kosmofoto reports that 10Art.CC announces reimagined version of the Polaroid SX-70 — Another interesting take on reviving vintage camera with specific format.

July 2025 Links

Michael Nguyen from Japan Camera Hunter writes about the Plaubel Makina 67, an uncommon medium format 6×7 rangefinder of Japanese-German design from the late 70s, with its specially designed Nikkor lens.

From the colour-film-dept

Kosmofoto reports KONO! announces KONO Color 200 colour negative film, a made-in-Germany colour negative, rumoured to be ORWO NC200.

Also as a follow-up from a previous post, Kosmofoto tells us that China Lucky Film’s new colour film ‘launched in July at Chinese trade show’. Price will be around US$7 and a first batch of 10000 rolls will be produced initially.

Black and white slide

Kosmofoto tell Euston 400 is a black-and-white slide film from London film lab Aperture Printing. If you are in London this is a higher sensitivity film than the Adox Scala with the corresponding chemistry, and they develop it for you. It’s in limited quantity.

Sony RX1R III

Imaging resource: Sony RX1R III Review: A $5,000 Letdown in a Familiar Shell. Lack of IBIS, still the older lens, the lack of tilting screen that the previous iteration had, and the battery life. Because the camera is US$5000.

June 2025 links

Fujifilm

Some Fujifilm reviews around.

DPReview on the GFX100 RF: their comprehensive review of the camera we talked about previously.

Photographyblog got their hands on the Fujifilm X-E5 and the 23mm pancake: Fujifilm X-E5 Review, Fujifilm XF 23mm F2.8 R WR Review, and then they compare the X-E5 with the X-E4.

Misc

WIRED on How Apple Created a Custom iPhone Camera for F1. The short version is that the on board camera for F1 car are not suited for a movie, while they are great for broadcast. So Apple who produce the movie did modify iPhone cameras. They don’t broadcast but the footage they record is much more suited for editing into the rest of the film. The technical achievement at the service of the art. Not the first time, nor the last.

Kosmophoto gives a First look at China Lucky Film’s forthcoming new colour film. I’ll follow-up on this later, but it’s promising to see the development of a new colour film.

Link: Fuji X half 2

I did joke about how the X half announcement would have been better on 1st of April. The Machine Planet tells us that Fujifilm announces Fuji X Half 2 digital camera: SATIRICA, N.Y., MAY 22, 2029 – FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Electronic Imaging Division, today announced the launch of its FUJIFILM X Half 2™ premium… Continue reading Link: Fuji X half 2

Link: Interview of Fujifilm’s executives about the GFX100RF

DPReview has an interview of Fujifilm executives about the GFX 100RF. Part of the reasoning is that the GFX100RF is a much more expensive camera than the X100VI, which means it needs to feel more premium. “At the beginning, when we discussed how we should design the camera, we already knew about the price point.… Continue reading Link: Interview of Fujifilm’s executives about the GFX100RF

25 years of DPReview: The rise and fall of the compact camera

DPReview is 25 and and goes down the memory lane with The rise and fall of the compact camera. Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007, and, along with some help from Samsung and other manufacturers, it would change photography forever. However, iPhone sales didn’t really take off until around 2012, and, what do you know,… Continue reading 25 years of DPReview: The rise and fall of the compact camera